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    <h1>Bates Wells &amp; Braithwaite London LLP</h1>

    
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                    <li><strong>Address: </strong>2-6 Cannon Street, London, EC4M 6YH</li>
                    <li><strong>Phone: </strong>020 7551 7777</li>
                    <li><strong>Fax: </strong>020 7551 7800</li>
                    <li><strong>Email: </strong><a href="mailto:training@bwbllp.com">training@bwbllp.com</a></li>
                            <li><strong>Web: </strong><a href='/Link/Ref/7GZNAG4' target='_blank'>www.bwbllp.com/recruitment</a></li>
                    <li><strong>Applications to: </strong>Mr Peter Bennett</li>
                            <li><strong>Method of application: </strong><a href='/Link/Ref/7GZNAG7' target='_blank'>Online Application Form</a></li>
                    <li><strong>Deadlines: </strong><table class='importantInfoTable'><tr><th class='col1'>Training contract to commence 2015:</th><td class='col2'>14/06/2013</td></tr><tr><th class='col1'>Summer work placement:</th><td class='col2'>01/03/2013</td></tr><tr><th class='col1'>Spring work placement:</th><td class='col2'>01/03/2013</td></tr></table></li>
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                    <th>Vacancies:</th>
                        <td>4</td>
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                    <th>Trainees:</th>
                        <td>8</td>
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                    <th>Partners:</th>
                        <td>30</td>
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                    <th>Staff:</th>
                        <td>190</td>
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                    <th>Work placement:</th>
                        <td>Yes</td>
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                    <th>Number of work placements:</th>
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                    <th>Minimum qualification:</th>
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                    <th>Start salary:</th>
                        <td>£34,000</td>
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                        <td  class='noBg'>LPC</td>
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    <h3>Application details and method of selection</h3> 
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	Apply by mid June 2012 for a training contract to commence in September 2014. Application is online, see <a class="normal" href="http://www.bwbllp.com" target="_blank">website</a> for details.</p>        </div>
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    <h3>Firm description and career prospects</h3> 
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	BWB is a commercial law firm servicing a wide range of commercial, statutory, charity and social enterprises (and their owners and managers). We are recognised in <em>Legal 500</em> and <em>Chambers UK</em> in the following areas:</p>
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  <li> Public &amp; regulatory law &amp; social enterprise</li>
  <li>Company commercial</li>
  <li>Employment</li>
  <li>Film</li>
  <li>Immigration: Business</li>
  <li>Immigration: Personal</li>
  <li>International</li>
  <li>Litigation</li>
  <li>Media &amp; entertainment: Film &amp; TV production</li>
  <li>Media &amp; entertainment: Theatre</li>
  <li>Partnership</li>
  <li>Property</li>
  <li>Property dispute resolution</li>
  <li>Public sector</li>
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	With 150 staff, solicitors&nbsp;and partners, we are large enough to provide a complete range of commercial services but small enough to provide a personal service to every client.</p>
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	Our mission statement is given below:<br />
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	<em>'Our purpose is to do worthwhile work to the best of our ability, for clients we respect,recognising that we do so in a highly competitive environment. We will, at all times, seek to value everyone in the firm and provide secure and enjoyable employment. We will strive to preserve a balance between work and home'.<br />
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	'We will encourage a diverse and open culture which fosters trust and loyalty amongst all within the firm and with clients. All this we undertake in the context of making a reasonable living and always with a commitment to justice and the public interest'.</em></p>        </div>
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    <h3>Sponsorship</h3> 
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	We pay CPE/GDL and LPC course fees, together with interest on student loans from the signing of the contract to the contract end.</p>        </div>
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    <h3>Work placements</h3> 
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	We have a full complement of trainee solicitors for entry in September 2012 and September 2013. During August 2011 we will be completing our selection of trainees starting in September 2014.&nbsp;</p>
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	If you wish to apply for a training contract commencing in September 2014, you must apply online at <a class="normal" href="http://www.bwbllp.com/recruitment/" target="_blank">www.bwbllp.com/recruitment</a>. The application form will be available from early May 2012.</p>        </div>
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    <h3>Training programme</h3> 
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	We have a full complement of trainee solicitors for entry in September 2012 and September 2013. During August 2012 we will be interviewing for trainees starting in September 2014 and that selection process should be completed by the end of that month.</p>
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	If you wish to apply for a training contract commencing in September 2014, you must apply online at <a class="normal" href="http://www.bwbllp.com/recruitment/" target="_blank">www.bwbllp.com/recruitment</a>. The application form will be available from early May 2012.</p>        </div>
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    <h3>Type of practice</h3> 
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            <p>General Commercial, Niche, Corporate & Commercial</p>
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            <p>Advertising & marketing, Charities, Civil liberties & human rights, Commercial property/real estate, Company & commercial, Competition & EU law, Corporate finance/mergers & acquisitions, Corporate tax, Defamation/reputation management, Dispute resolution, Employment,  pensions & incentives, Energy & natural resources, Environment, Immigration, Insolvency/restructuring, Intellectual property, Media & entertainment, Sports, Technology,  media & telecommunications</p>
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